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Bob Iger, chief executive officer of Disney, desires minority partners for ESPN, but striking an agreement will be difficult.
Bob Iger, the chief executive officer of Disney, has taken the unusual step of paying former executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs a consulting retainer to assist him in resolving a difficult issue: what to do with ESPN.
Mayer and Staggs are Candle Media's co-CEOs. Both individuals ...
The New Tokyo Edition Offers an Urban Hideaway
My Instagram feed started to fill up with pictures of Tokyo weeks before my early November trip there. There were the bright lights of Shibuya Crossing, the dusty art books from Jinbch, and the charred yakitori skewers from a hidden Shinjuku izakaya. It dawned on me that most of the posters were ...
Amazon decides to drop Visa as partner on US Credit Card
Amazon had earlier confirmed that it will stop accepting Visa credit cards in the UK, after a dispute over payments intensified. But now the company has decided to drop Visa as a partner on its US co-branded credit card.
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- Amazon confirms that...
JAPAN’S CPI DROPPED 0.1% IN APRIL OVER MOBILE PHONE FEES
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- Japan’s CPI dropped 0.1% in April over mobile phone fees.
- Bank of Japan struggled to accelerate inflation toward its elusive 2 percent goal.
- In April, mobile phone fees tumbled 26.5 percent from a year earlier. ...
DGCA HIKES SECURITY FEE ON AIR TICKETS
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- DGCA has increased the price of air tickets.
- Due to COVID-19 pandemic, few people are traveling by air which is causing losses to airline services.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is concerned about the low nu...
FACEBOOK TESTING INSTAGRAM REELS ON ITS INDIAN NEWS FEED
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- After TikTok ban in India, Facebook introduced Reels on Instagram as a TikTok replacement.
- Facebook is testing Instagram Reels on its Indian news feed.
- Facebook also plans to introduce its own version of Reels.
...
15% PLUNGE IN ETH, LEADS TO DEFI LIQUIDATION OF CRYPTO WORTH $25 MILLION
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• Hike in gas fees lead to the need for liquidation
• On Monday the average transaction gas fee was $29
The price of Ether (ETH) was on the rise in the last couple of days as the bitcoin prices rose. However, prices fell steeply by...
NETFLIX INC. IN JAPAN RAISED ITS SUBSCRIPTION FEES FOR TWO PLANS
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- Netflix Inc. in Japan raised its subscription fees for two plans.
- The streaming company increased the fees by about 13%.
- In the summer of 2020, Netflix reported 5 million subscribers in Japan alone.
- The new sub...
CHINA GOVT. PLANS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY OF ITS FISCAL POLICIES
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- China govt. plans to improve efficiency and quality of its fiscal policies.
- The Chinese govt. plans to normalize its implementation of the specified transfer payment mechanism.
- Around US$234.71 billion of fiscal 2020 fund...
JAPAN MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS PLANS TO IMPOSE EXTRA CHARGES FOR NOT PAYING NHK FEES
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- Japan Ministry of Communications plans to impose extra charges for not paying NHK fees.
- The plan to legislate the new system was announced during an expert panel meeting.
- An expert panel has been set up by the ministry to...
JAPANESE HOUSEHOLD AND BUSINESS WITH TV TO PAY RECEPTION FEES TO NHK
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- Japanese household and business with TV to pay reception fees to NHK.
- The recommendation is from Japan’s ministry to a ministry expert committee considering NHK’s future.
- NHK asked for legal changes to allow ...
FERTILIZER INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTED $130 BILLION & OVER 5 LAKH JOBS TO US ECONOMY IN 2019
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• According to the Fertilizer Industry Economic Impact Study, the fertilizer industry contributed more than $130 billion and around 5 lakh jobs towards the US economy in the year 2019
• As per the report, additional $8.80 billion were propelled towards the...
JAPAN’S NHK PROPOSED TO ABANDON MAXIMUM LIMIT OF 2.5% OF VIEWER FEES
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- Japan’s NHK proposed to abandon maximum limit of 2.5% of viewer fess.
- NHK’s proposal will be subject to public comments.
- JBA has sought that the 2.5% maximum limit be maintained.
- In 2020 NHK's o...
DELHI HC ORDERS STAY ON COLLECTION OF ANNUAL AND DEVELOPMENT CHARGES BY PRIVATE SCHOOLS
A decision that will definitely bring some relief to the parents of those kids that study in private schools in Delhi has been taken by the Delhi High Court. The Delhi High Court has ordered a stay on the collection of annual and development charges by a private school during the period of COVID-...
GRAB WANTS PLATFORM FEES TO IMPLEMENTED; WATCHDOG SAYS LET PUBLIC DECIDE
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- For Grab a cab business company that provides rental rides to citizens has started charging platform fee S$0.32 with GST for every ride, as told by Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS).
Grab has defended its move b...
AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES MAKE DRASTIC CHANGES IN COURSE FEES
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- Australian education going under major changes
- As the government has planned a revised fee structure base on employability ratio
As Australia is hit by the economic crisis, it is on the verge of collapse. The Australian go...
5 Ways to Make a Global Team Feel Local
For businesses that are looking to expand to foreign countries, managing a global team is inevitable. Unlike a local office where staff feels a sense of belonging, help is just in the next cubicle and workplace relationships are constantly nurtured, things can be different from people from other ...
DELHI’S E-TOKEN PORTAL FOR ALCOHOL PURCHASE CRASHES AFTER HEAVY DEMAND
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• In order to tackle overcrowding, the Delhi state government has launched an online portal which provides an e-token which allows buyer to purchase liquor from nearest shop at a specific time
• Delhi government had previously imposed ‘Special Corona...
PETS HUNGRY AS PETNET FEEDER MALFUNCTIONS
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- After a week-long malfunction, Petnet devices are now back online
- The system malfunction seems to have only affected the company’s second-generation feeders.
- The startup’s customer service took to Twitter to communica...
RENTS LOWERED BY BUILDING AND SHOP OWNERS IN SOUTH KOREA – COVID-19
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- Weak economy turning Korean citizens help each other to support the ecosystem
- Building and shop owners decrease rent for a few months, waives various fees
- 70.3 percent of them are having business difficulties due to COVI...